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policy promulgated by the Board as in effect when an Award was made or vested under this Plan; or
(vi) activity that results in termination of the Participant’s employment for Cause.
(q) “Director” means a member of the Board.
(r) “Disability” shall mean, in the case of an Employee, termination of employment under circumstances that would make the
Employee eligible to receive benefits under the Sprint Nextel Basic Long-Term Disability Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, or
any successor plan, program, agreement or arrangement, and in the case of a Participant who is a Non-Employee Director, termination of
service as a Non-Employee Director under circumstances that would make the Non-Employee Director eligible to receive Social Security
disability benefits. For purposes of paying an amount that is subject to Section 409A of the Code at a time that references Disability,
Disability shall mean Separation from Service under these circumstances.
(s) “Effective Date” means the date that this Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Corporation.
(t) “Employee” means any employee of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary.
(u) “Employer” means the Corporation or any successor thereto or a Subsidiary.
(v) “Evidence of Award” means an agreement, certificate, resolution or other written evidence, whether or not in electronic
form, that sets forth the terms and conditions of an Award. Each Evidence of Award shall be subject to this Plan and shall contain such terms
and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Compensation Committee or an Authorized Officer may approve. An Evidence of Award may
be in an electronic medium, may be limited to notation on the books and records of the Corporation and, unless determined otherwise by the
Compensation Committee, need not be signed by a representative of the Corporation or a Participant. If an Evidence of Award is limited to
notation on the books and records of the Corporation, in the event of any inconsistency between a Participant’s records and the records of the
Corporation, the records of the Corporation will control.
(w) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Reference to any section or subsection of the Exchange Act includes reference to any comparable or succeeding provisions of any legislation
that amends, supplements or replaces such section or subsection.
(x) “Executive Officer” means an officer of the Corporation that is subject to the liability provisions of Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.
(y) “Free-Standing Appreciation Right” means an Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan that is not
granted in tandem with an Option Right.
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